Description:

In the absence of his superintendent, Chief Inspector Mark Faraday takes command of the Bristol Central District just as MI6 move in to conduct a covert and unauthorised surveillance operation on his district. To make matters worse, Faraday is required to share his office with the beautiful Helen Cave of MI5. But when one of Faraday's best youg officers is murdered an intricately woven plot is uncovered involving secret bank accounts and a dissident Irish terrorist group. From County Wicklow and the rarefied atmosphere of an exclusive London club to Salisbury Plain and the streets of Bristol, and against a background of brutal murder and international intrigue, a deadly clock is ticking as Mark Faraday and Helen Cave race against time to prevent the nuclear devastation that threatens the West Country.